Which paid more, SOXY or TYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting price in cash and TYLG paid 10.2%, so SOXY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, SOXY or TYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, SOXY returned +43.5% and TYLG +20.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SOXY or TYLG?

SOXY charges 1.06% a year and TYLG charges 0.60%, so TYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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SOXY vs TYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its price in cash against TYLG’s 10.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $61m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF, and $17m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

17.1%

SOXY cash paid, 1 year

10.2%

TYLG cash paid, 1 year

+43.5%

SOXY total return, 1 year

+20.4%

TYLG total return, 1 year

SOXY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY

+43.5%

SPY

+14.8%

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SOXY

+43.5%

17.1% of it arrived as cash

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SOXY

+43.5%

28.7 pts ahead of SPY

17.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SOXY over 1 year: paid 17.1%, price +26.0%, total +43.5%, SPY +14.8%, +28.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

TYLG

+20.4%

none

Not measured

TYLG over 1 year: paid 10.2%, price +9.3%, total +20.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TYLG

+20.4%

10.2% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

TYLG over 1 year: paid 10.2%, price +9.3%, total +20.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TYLG

+20.4%

10.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +43.5%. TYLG over 1 year: paid 10.2%, price +9.3%, total +20.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +43.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TYLG costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.1 points; SOXY is 3.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SOXY vs TYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SOXY	TYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	SOXY	TYLG
Total return, 1 year	+43.5%	+20.4%
Price change, 1 year	rose 26.0%	rose 9.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SOXY	TYLG
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	not published
Cost and size
Measure	SOXY	TYLG
Expense ratio	1.06%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$67m	$17m
Holdings
Measure	SOXY	TYLG
Holdings in common	21%

Method

Risk and return

Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 98 weekly returns

SOXY TYLG

Return

Total return edge SOXY +96.9% +40.2%

Annualized edge SOXY +43.3% +19.7%

Price return edge SOXY +58.0% +18.1%

Risk

Volatility edge TYLG 32.9% 19.1%

Max drawdown edge TYLG −28.3% −22.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SOXY 1.14 0.83

Sortino edge SOXY 1.74 1.21

Calmar edge SOXY 1.53 0.89

Reading

From Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, SOXY returned more: +96.9% to +40.2%. TYLG swung less: 19.1% to 32.9%. TYLG fell less at its worst: −22.1% to −28.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SOXY vs TYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SOXY	TYLG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+96.9%	+40.2%	SOXY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+43.3%	+19.7%	SOXY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+58.0%	+18.1%	SOXY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	32.9%	19.1%	TYLG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	21.5%	13.0%	TYLG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−28.3%	−22.1%	TYLG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.14	0.83	SOXY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.74	1.21	SOXY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.53	0.89	SOXY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 98 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, SOXY and TYLG hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SOXY TYLG

NVIDIA Corp 6.90% 6.51%

Broadcom Inc 4.68% 2.46%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.15% 1.97%

Micron Technology Inc 4.68% 1.70%

Intel Corp 2.44% 1.39%

Applied Materials Inc 3.55% 1.31%

Lam Research Corp 3.80% 1.19%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.42% 0.82%

KLA CORP 3.41% 0.78%

Analog Devices Inc 4.03% 0.58%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.40% 0.54%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.55% 0.51%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SOXY

ASML Holding NV 4.95%

SK hynix Inc 3.94%

United Microelectronics Corp 3.76%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.72%

ARM Holdings PLC 3.55%

Astera Labs Inc 3.48%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 3.19%

STMicroelectronics NV 3.19%

Only in TYLG

THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST - The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund 54.55%

APPLE INC. 6.07%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.62%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.49%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.92%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 0.88%

ORACLE CORPORATION 0.72%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0.69%

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Side by side

SOXY YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax Global X

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) none

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 11.9%

Expense ratio 1.06% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 17.1% 10.2%

Price change, 1 year +26.0% +9.3%

Total return, 1 year +43.5% +20.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind +28.7 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 1.9 years 4.0 years

Net assets, SOXY as of Nov 3, 2026 and TYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $61m $17m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: SOXY vs TYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SOXY	TYLG	SOXY	TYLG	SOXY	TYLG
3 months	−14.3%	−1.2%	2.9%	2.3%	−14.1 pts	not measured
6 months	−9.9%	+6.1%	6.3%	5.3%	−14.9 pts	not measured
1 year	+43.5%	+20.4%	17.1%	10.2%	+28.7 pts	not measured
3 years	–	+82.8%	–	35.5%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: SOXY Dec 2024 · TYLG Nov 2022	+90.3%	+130.4%	30.4%	48.5%	+60.4 pts	not measured

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About each fund

SOXY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 26.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +43.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 28.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly.

TYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TYLG paid 10.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SOXY or TYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SOXY paid 17.1% of its starting price in cash and TYLG paid 10.2%, so SOXY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SOXY or TYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, SOXY returned +43.5% and TYLG +20.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SOXY or TYLG?: SOXY charges 1.06% a year and TYLG charges 0.60%, so TYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SOXY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SOXY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SOXY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for SOXY ↗

TYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for TYLG ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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